Antique vintage county maps charts canals England

Click on image to enlarge	Thomas CONDER Ref: 3484 An important engraver of the eighteenth century, his antique maps are copper-plate engravings and usually contain a decorative title cartouche with a view typical of the county. Trimmed close to upper border. Circa 1784. Later colour. Approx 22cm by 11.5cm Price: £45.00


Click on image to enlarge	R. K. Dawson. Ref: 3482 This antique county map by Lt. R.K. DAWSON. R.E. is one of several compiled between 1831 and 1832 showing the "Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs". The colouring is original. Published January, 1832. Approx 22cms by 26cms. Price: £25.00


Click on image to enlarge	John Speed. Ref: 3481 Antique county map of Gloucestershire from the "Theatre of Great Britaine" by John Speed, published by John Sudbury and George Humble in 1646. The colouring is later. English text to verso. Approx 51.5cms by 38cms. Price: £1,150.00


Click on image to enlarge	John Rocque. Ref: 3480 This antique map was prepared and engraved by ROCQUE appeared in his "Small British Atlas" in1753. Examples of Rocque's maps are difficult to obtain. Approx 19.5cm by 15.5cm. Price: £60.00


Click on image to enlarge	Owen and Bowen. Ref: 3479 A decorative and finely engraved antique county map from the atlas "Brittania Depicta", published in 1720 by John OWEN and Emanuel BOWEN. It has been coloured by hand. Approx 12cm by 18cm Price: £45.00


Click on image to enlarge	Henry James. Colonel Royal Engineers. Ref: 3478 An antique map produced by lithographic transfer to indicate the "New Divisions of County" published in 1868. Approx 34cms by 48cms. Price: £25.00


Click on image to enlarge	Michael Drayton Ref: 3475 In 1612, Michael DRAYTON published the first edition of his "Poly-Olbion" which was a book of verse about the countryside of England and Wales illustrated by antique maps depicting Tracts, Rivers, Mountains and forests in each respective area. The final edition was published in 1622. The colouring is later. Except for the bottom marging the map has been cropped to plate mark. Approx 33cm by 25.5cm Price: £550.00


Click on image to enlarge	Seller - Grose. Ref: 3474 Published by Francis Grose in "Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales" in 1787 using John Seller's antique maps of 1695. Later colouring and text continues on verso. Approx 15cm by 22cm Price: £45.00


Click on image to enlarge	Robert Morden. Ref: 3473 This antique map by Robert Morden was first published in 1701 in a work entitled "The New Description and State of England" however, a subsequent edition by Herman Moll in 1708 added a compass indicator and other detail. The colouring is later. Approx 21cms by 16cms Price: £95.00

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